2006 New York Code - Dependent Benefits For Surviving Spouses And Orphans.

 
    §  13-253 Dependent benefits for surviving spouses and orphans. a. The
  board shall pay a dependent benefit to the surviving  spouse,  child  or
  children  or  dependent  parent or parents of any deceased member if the
  death of such member occur during his or her service or after he or  she
  was retired from service. The amount of any such dependent benefit to be
  paid by the board to each of the several representatives of such member,
  in  case  there  shall  be  more  than  one,  from  time to time, may be
  determined by such board according to the circumstances  of  each  case.
  The annual dependent benefit to the representative or representatives of
  such  member, however, shall be six hundred dollars, and no part of such
  sum shall be paid to any such surviving spouse who shall remarry,  after
  such  remarriage, or to any child after it shall have reached the age of
  eighteen years.
    b. Dependent benefits shall be granted to the surviving spouse,  child
  or  children or dependent parent or parents of a member pursuant to this
  section only if such member, upon becoming  a  member,  shall  elect  to
  contribute  the  additional  deductions  provided  by  subdivision  d of
  section 13-227 of this subchapter.
    c. The benefits granted pursuant to this section shall be in  addition
  to any other benefit provided for by this subchapter.